Theoretically, if you exclude the occupied parts from voting, you'd ensure no Yanukovich-like candidate winning. On the other hand, Trump can always move the g

Theoretically, if you exclude the occupied parts from voting, you'd ensure no Yanukovich-like candidate winning. On the other hand, Trump can always move the goalpost ("Election not held in eastern Oblasts == Sham elections") or even reinforce the view that the eastern oblasts are de facto not part of the Ukrainian state anymore.